From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Rachmaninoff had large hands and enormous fingers. He wrote concertos for himself to play. The third, in D minor, had its US premieres in Carnegie Hall with Walter […]
Sigrid Kehl started out as a mezzo at Leipzig Opera and upscaled to soprano, singing in all major Wagner productions for more than 35 years, from 1957 until the Wall came down. Abroad, she sang […]
This is slightly out of the ordinary. A festival in Australia has appointed the concertmaster of the nearest orchestra to be its next director. She is Kate Suthers of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. The event […]